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• Windows Forms Merging MenuStrips

  How are you supposed to create merge menus using the MenuStrip control in VS2005 Beta 2 I can't successfully get MDI child forms merge with the MDI parent using the merge index, and I'm not sure if I'm just not doing it right or if it is a bug. Can someone please point me in the right direction Erick Ellis wrote: Merging with ToolStrips in significantly different than previous versions. Here are some guidelines... In the case of an activated MDChild, we automatically merge toolstrips to the MDIParent. You need to create the source strip control that contains the items you' ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista About the Workflow Designer in the lab 10.

  Hi,   I'm in the process of trying to setup a demonstration application which shows an example of workflow and rules management. Here is what's happening: 1.  Open a existed wfname.xoml; 2. In wfname.xoml.cs file I had built a string variable name as " testStr "; 3. Drop an IfElseActivity on the design surface, and edit the condition property on the IfElse branch to select System.Workflow.Activities.Rules.RuleConditionReference option. 4. In the Condition option's Expression property, I will set as "this.testStr != string.Empty", but i can get the variable name  testStr Pls give me some ideas! ...Show All

• Visual C# Deleting IE Cache

  Well, i'm trying to delete the IE Cache with this: #region IECache private void IECache() { ClearFolder(new DirectoryInfo(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.InternetCache))); } void ClearFolder(DirectoryInfo folder) { foreach (FileInfo file in folder.GetFiles()) file.Delete(); foreach (DirectoryInfo subfolder in folder.GetDirectories()) ClearFolder(subfolder); } #endregion IECache but it doesn't work, cz i got a message telling that "index.dat" is being used by the system, then how could i delete everything but not index.dat and how can i put my code colered in pos ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Merging work-items

  When merging or applying labels, one can only select changesets and not work-items. Changesets however can relate to multiple work-items, so you will have to find the work-item/changeset relationship in order to do cherry-picking based on work-items. Is there any way to cherry-pick all changesets containing work-items that are in specific state (e.g.: resolved) Thanks. Peter. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Test host process exited unexpectedly

  Hi All, I'm trying to run some tests using the mstest utility.  The tests seem to run for a short time, but at a random time I get the following error message: Run has the following issue(s): Test host process exited unexpectedly.   What are the causes for this error message and how do I fix it   I'm running the test as a full administrator on the box.   I'm running the RC of VSTS trial edition.   I would recommend upgrading to the RTM trial edition -- we fixed lots of bugs between RC and RTM. Some questions: * Do the tests work from the IDE * Does this ...Show All

• SQL Server Random Expressions

  In my data flow task I have written a script component source that generates rows with random column values. It works well, but is there another simpler way of solving this First I thought of a solution using derived columns, but there is no support for random functions in the expression builder in the derived column transformation editor. So, question #2... Why doen't the expression builder support random functionality Thanks for all replies! I don't think I'm speaking out of turn by saying Darren and Allan will soon be supplying a data generator aource component that generates random data for whatever da ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Install Problem

  Any ideas on solving this..... followed the instructions but getting this message after trying to create a new project. thanks. 04/15/2005 01:12:32.245 | Module: ELeadServiceMediator | URL for eLead web service retrieved as " http://ls-svr-dn01:8080/bisserver/EleadWebService.asmx " from the registration service | Completion time: 0.0200268 seconds 04/15/2005 01:12:32.485 | Module: ELeadServiceMediator | eLead web service proxy constructed | Completion time: 0.2403216 seconds 04/15/2005 01:12:33.737 | Module: ELeadServiceMediator | Template Information for domain "ls-svr-dn01" retrieved from eLead web service | Completion time: 1.251675 seco ...Show All

• Visual C++ unable to PostMessage from thread to main window

  I am trying to send a message from a user-thread to the main window, so the main window can update text on the window to reflect what the user-thread is doing. I have tried 2 different approaches, and both fail. I don't know what to try next. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ APPROACH #1: (this approach makes the most sence to me) Configure the first parameter of the thread's PostMessage() to talk to the parent window, and set up the parent's BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP to handle the event. I double-check the validity of that first parameter by also feeding it to the SetWindowText() function, and I can see the win ...Show All

• .NET Development Where to start? confused....

  Newbie here... I have a split Access database, and want to use SQL Server for the Back-end (locally, for now), but can't get it to work. I've installed (without any problem) the June CTP SQL Server 2005 Express, along with the Express Manager.. I can get into the configuration manager fine, but don't know what to do once inside... When i start the express manager, it asks for the server name... i've tried every name i can think of, but none work. is it the computer name is it the instance name of SQL Server is it just "(local)" how do i get in do i need to get in when i try to use the upsize wizard in access (2003) it asks me for the server ...Show All

• Windows Forms Terrarium 1.2 Server -> charts fix

  I've found a fix to get the charts working in Terrarium 1.2 server (currently you'll only get a 'missing image'): open web.config (should be in the \Program Files\Terrarium 1.2 Server\Website folder), and add this line to the serverSettings: <add key="ChartPath" value="c:\Program Files\Terrarium 1.2 Server\Website\ChartData" /> Note: if you installed Terrarium server on another&nb ...Show All

• SQL Server Help! - Error in moving data from AS400

  I have a process that simply copies data from a table on an AS400 to SQL Server. This process executes fine until it gets to around 44 million rows copied out of 48 million rows in the source table. At this point, the process exits with the following error messages: The attempt to send a row to SQL Server failed with error code 0x80004005. The ProcessInput method on component "SQL Server Destination" (40) failed with error code 0xC02020C7. The identified component returned an error from the ProcessInput method. The error is specific to the component, but the error is fatal and will cause the Data Flow task to stop running. Thread "WorkT ...Show All

• .NET Development WebClient connection delay

  Hi, I dont know if anyone else has noticed or commented on this, if so please point me in the right direction. I am having a major problem getting the webclient class or any http classes to perform as well as IE. They download files, but there seems to be a huge lag while connecting and i'm not sure if i am setting something wrong. Any ideas would be appreciated. relatively speaking the performance hit is small, but i dont understand why the initial connection has such a large delay. A 2k file downloaded using the InternetExplorer object returns instantly, while the WebClient takes up to 3 seconds for t ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Determining When The User Has Closed A Form By Clicking The 'X' or From The Control Menu

  Hello All, I have a bit of a problem here and I can't seem to find a solution. I need to know if there is a way to determine if a user has closed one of my application forms by clicking the 'X' or from the form's control menu. My App has code that needs to execute if this condition occurs and only if the condition occurs. Similar code is executed if the user closes the form by regular means, but I need to cover myself by having it execute in both cases. In VB 6 you could check for the condition by checking the UnloadMode of the form to see if it was equal to vbFormControlMenu. This does not seem to be an option in .Net. The closest option ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I duplicate elements in a windows for - like groupboxes or image objects

  Hi all- I am having trouble finding an answer to my problem. I would like to add a bunch of master images to a project, then I would like to loop over an xml file. For each node in the xml file, I want to add a new groupsbox to my windows form. Then for each sub element in the node, I want to add a picturebox object inside the groupbox. Has anyone done anything like this before or know of a way to do this I can work with the XML file with no problems, I am having problems duplicating objects and adding new objects to my windows form. Thanks for the help! Matt The best way to figure out how to add controls to your form is to ...Show All

• Smart Device Development packet capturing in Windows CE

  hi, do you have any idea of how to capture inbound/outbound ip packets to/from a smart device running on Windows CE. For my application, it is needed to examine the header fields of these packets(source ip address, dest. ip address etc.). please help me experts. -cbwick There are dozens of tools available online (such as Libpcap - http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpcap/ ). Check them out and also materials such as http://www.codeproject.com/internet/ . Aarthi ...Show All